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Definition of Deuce

1. Noun. A tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game.

2. Noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number.

3. Noun. A word used in exclamations of confusion. "The dickens you say"

4. Noun. One of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots.

Definition of Deuce

1. n. Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts.

2. n. The devil; a demon.

Definition of Deuce

1. Noun. (cards) A card with two spots, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards. ¹

2. Noun. (context: dice) A side of a die with two spots. ¹

3. Noun. (context: dice) A cast of dice totalling two. ¹

4. Noun. The number two. ¹

5. Noun. (tennis) A tie, both players have the same number of points and one can win by scoring two additional points. ¹

6. Noun. (baseball) A curveball ¹

7. Noun. (custom cars) A '32 FordGeisert, Eric. "The California Spyder", in ''Street Rodder'', 8/99, p.34; Mayall, Joe. "Driving Impression: Reproduction Deuce Hiboy", in ''Rod Action'', 2/78, p.26. in plural, 2-barrel (twin-choke) carburetors (in the term 3 deuces, an arrangement on a common intake manifold). ¹

8. Noun. (context: epithet) The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deuce

1. to bring a tennis score to a tie [v DEUCED, DEUCING, DEUCES]

Medical Definition of Deuce

1. 1. Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts. 2. A condition of the score beginning whenver each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned "40 all"), and reverted to as often as a tie is made until one of the sides secures two successive strokes following a tie or deuce, which decides the game. Origin: F. Deux two, OF. Deus, fr. L. Duo. See Two. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deuce

detwinned detwinning deubiquitinase deubiquitinate deubiquitinates deubiquitinating deubiquitination deubiquitinations deubiquitinylating deubiquitinylation

deubiquitinylations deubiquitylate deubiquitylated deubiquitylating deubiquitylation deuce (current term) deuce-ace deuce-to-seven lowball deuce coupe deuced

deucedly deuces deucing deuddarn deuddarns deunionise deunionised deunionises deunionising deus

Literary usage of Deuce

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Pedlar's Pack of Ballads and Songs: With Illustrative Notes by William Hugh Logan, James Maidment (1869)
"The deuce, &c. His pleasure all day is to sit by my side, ... His answer's a sigh, while in blushes I glow — The deuce, sure, is in him for teazing me so. ..."

2. The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete (1834)
"Oh ! the deuce a bit of comfort's here. Upon a washing-day ! My Kate she is a bonny wife. And then she is the devil ! The very kittens on the hearth, ..."

3. Marines & Helicopters, 1962-1973 by William R. Fails (1995)
"The "deuce" never had lived up to the vision of the early Marine helicopter planners of fleets of the huge machines carrying assault troops in massive ..."

4. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"In ancient cant London was termed Home-rik, the fine town. deuce-a-vile, the country. ... All the deuce-a file within. ..."

5. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1874)
"Mrs. deuce was a tall and ample blonde, with a loud ringing voice, and a breezy manner ... Yes, that's the very wig deuce wears in Hamlet," said his wife, ..."

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